What are some stupidly easy food pairings that go really well together for the low effort?

Hummus and vegetable sticks (eg. Carrots, peppers, cucumber) Yoghurt, nut butter and honey Dates and peanut butter Cucumber slices and cottage or cream cheese

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Greek yogurt and blueberries is my favorite

An obvious one, but it has to be said: beans and rice.

French bread dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

PB and Banana on toast. Add some honey if you're feeling boujee.

Sunny side up eggs and rice!! Hearty for what it seems, tastes delicious, good protein and carbs, easy to add some fruit or veggies on the side to balance the meal, and it’s easy to reheat and finish if you make too much. Edit to add: specifically, I like mine slightly underdone so the yoke is creamy and mixes in with the rice. Small distinction but it adds a lot IMO

Sausage and Cabbage. I just used the bagged precut coleslaw mix from the grocer, dice some sausage, cook in veggie broth in a pan... good to go

Watermelon with Tajin sprinkled on top. Trust me.

Sliced tomatoes on toast

This is more of a drink than a food, but it makes for a quick breakfast:

Vanilla protein shake + orange juice.

Fantastic if you like orange julius.

• broccoli and cauliflower with parmesan cheese

• apples with cheddar cheese

• ground hamburger with rice and brown gravy

• watermelon and feta

• eggs and toast

• chicken with spinach/kale spring mix

• marinated chicken with rice

• northern beans with rice

Prosciutto and melon (an Italian ham and cantaloupe) taste so good together. No cooking.

Instant potatoes (maybe not super healthy) with lightly sauteed onions, garlic, and mushrooms.

Instant rice, raw egg, scallions, sesame seeds, and soy sauce.

Avocados mashed with olive oil, salt, pepper, lime juice, then smeared on whole wheat crackers.

Gin and tonic

Cheese, crackers and grapes!

Goat cheese and honey

Caprese is one of the best mixes I’ve seen and super quick and easy to make.

Fresh fig with blue cheese and a drizzle of honey.

freshly baked bread and butter.

Mint, strawberry, mango - the most refreshing thing in my life.

Cottage cheese and tomatoes.

Black beans and yellow rice

Hummus and baby carrots

Cucumber, mint ,yogurt, salt and garlic

Grilled cheese and tomato soup. What I really appreciate about this combo is that you can create the most basic version of this and enjoy it, or you can throw in all kinds of stuff, like various cheeses, different seasonings to the soup, fancy bread etc. It's very adaptable

Vanilla yogurt and pb powder and chocolate chips. Protein that taste like dessert 😋

I like scrambled eggs and brown rice.

hummus + anything

This might sounds weird but once someone made me try it I freaking loved it. Carrots and peanut butter!!

Cream cheese

Some kind of spicy jelly (I like jalapeño jelly)

Ritz crackers

Yum

Bread+sausage; Muesli+fruit+yogurt; Boiled eggs; Protein powder+oats+nuts; Walnuts+nutella

Apples & sweet potatoes, sauté in butter or bake . Add a sprinkle of cinnamon or apple/pumpkin pie spice!

Hear me out on this: toast with apple and a slice of cheese. Dice up an apple, put it on top of bread, add a slice of American cheese (white not orange) on top, throw it in a toaster oven.

Laughing cow Swiss cheese spread on cucumber slices

• Cottage cheese and melon

• Watermelon and feta

• Frozen waffles and microwaved frozen berries (if you want to be fancy: syrup/icing sugar and/or yogurt and/or whipped cream)

• cheat “ice cream”/smoothie bowl (basically just extra thick smoothie, frozen fruit and milk/plant milk/cream/yogurt. If you want to freeze it add liquor to prevent it getting too solid -boil pasta/potatoes add a bunch of frozen peas and corn to cool it down, add mayo and season

• deli meat, bit of honey mustard, wrap around pickle, eat

Cottage cheese and canned peaches. Lowest effort for a filling and cheap breakfast or snack.

Strawberries and dark chocolate

God, I hate myself for loving this as a kid. Cambell's cream of mushroom soup and rice. I would put in raw medium grain rice and cook it with the soup mix and water and make a porridge type thing that i effing loved. I'd mix an egg in at the end. I crave this when I'm sick.

Sweet potato and apples! Sauté with smoked paprika and sage. It's one of my favorite easy bases for several different meals.

Cheese and grapes

Greek yogurt and peanut butter

Apple and cheese

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Hear me out: sharp/green apple and hummus. It’s nicer than carrots

Greek yogurt with granola and berries (I buy frozen berries and make my own granola on weekends, it’s stupid easy). Banana with peanut butter. Peanut butter toast with fruit (strawberries or banana are nice right on top). Scrambled eggs and toast (a little more work, but fast, delicious, and good for you). Hummus or bean dip with something to dip (jicama, pita, carrots, tortilla chips, cucumber). Mini cheese plate (1-2 types of cheese, crackers, maybe a cured meat, and some fruit). Tuna salad on crackers (also egg or chicken salad). Cottage cheese with fruit or veg thrown in (cucumber and radish is nice, and peaches, pineapple, and strawberry are classic).

Cheddar cheese and fruit jam.

Don’t knock it til you try it.

My parents used to peel cucumber and then slice them longways and sprinkle with salt and pepper, loved those as a kid. They also would cut tomatoes into wedges and sprinkle a bit of sugar. Simple easy snacks

Celery, cream cheese, everything but the bagel seasoning

popcorn with soy sauce mixed in with the butter - very umami!

Fruit jam and cream cheese on a bagel

Spaghetti and garlic bread sandwich. It’s carb overload but it’ll change your life. Sourdough bread is the best for this

Pasta and pesto

Apples, grapes, cheese. Cut ‘em up and stick ‘em on a toothpick for maximum fanciness.

Havent read the other comments so sorry if i'm repeating:

pepperoni & cheese (and crackers if you want)

yogurt and fruit

homemade trailmixes

avocado toast

deviled eggs are really easy to make too, the hardest part is boiling/peeling the egg

Mashed potatoes with sweet peas mixed in. I'm trying to get rid of most of the dairy I put in potatoes, but I love this combo.

If you're feeling adventurous, I recently made salt and vinegar mashed potatoes.

Granny Smith apple with cheddar and a honey drizzle.

Feta cheese and watermelon. Try this on a hot summer day and it will blow ur fckin mind.

Another one I like is dipping a banana in peanutbutter and then nutella, but this ones an obv one lol

Avocado and honey, take the pit out and just fill the hole with honey and eat it with a spoon.

Canned tuna + mayo + cubed tomato, pickles and marble cheese. Mix in a bowl, it's easy, cheap and actually super filling.

Diced tomatoes, minced cilantro, salt, pepper, lime juice. You could even pair that with baked chicken

Salmon and goat cheese and pesto!

Bean salad: 3 cans of different beans (drained), can of cut green beans (drained), bottled vinaigrette, and seasoning. Keeps in the fridge for a week; can be eaten at room temperature.

Avocado toast with Taijin.

Pouch of precooked rice, kimchi, and hard-boiled egg.

Ramen with peanut butter and jammy egg.

I once went to a baby shower and one of the snacks was literally just chunks of pineapple and cream cheese on a toothpick and it was amazing.

canned sardines and rice, top tier lazy lunch

banana + walnut , mango + cashew

Toasted English muffin, butter, and a drizzle of honey. SO good!

If you like Abba Zabba candy or fluffernutter sandwiches, you should try a scoop of peanut butter in vanilla yogurt

Peanut butter and honey on toast

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Black beans and sweet potatoes (cubed and roasted in the oven with salt and pepper and maybe some cumin). The earthiness of the black beans is a great compliment to the sweetness of the sweet potatoes. Throw them together in a taco shell or a tortilla, with some quick pickled cabbage (cole slaw mix is a terrific lazy alternative) and you’ve got an easy dinner, baby!

Random easy breakfast: cottage cheese with mandarins. Yum!

Tomato sauce and mozzarella.

Tortilla and any melty cheese + veggies. Make a quesadilla.

Scrambled eggs and pesto, such a delicious combination

Cottage cheese and pumpkin seeds

yogurt and granola and strawberries and blueberries

Pre-made hummus and 1. Carrot sticks or chips 2. Pita chips 3. Bell pepper strips 3. Pretzels. Other veggies could work too

kielbasa or polish sausage and cheese cubes. My step grandpa (natural one died before born) used to bring out a bowl of this all the time when I was little. I still do it 35 years later, but use different meats. Its actually a pretty great light lunch. Sometimes I buy meat sticks on sale, cheese, and almonds. I cut the sticks into inch pcs, smallish cubes of cheese, and put them in one of those "lunchable" type tupperware containers with the almonds.. sometimes throw in some cut up cucumber or radish..

cucumber, lime and Taijin